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Saturday 4 February 2012, 19:06:10

Top news stories from the USA

Arizona Panel Votes to Ban Collective Bargaining [NYTimes] 2012-02-04

Pennsylvania State Dept. Cracks Down on Abuse of Foreign Students by Hershey and Others [AFL-CIO] 2012-02-04

Massachusetts Teamsters at Saint-Gobain's CertainTeed Subsidiary Succeed in Retaining Premium Health Care Plan [ICEM] For more info 2012-02-03

The Privatization of Public Services, State by State [AFL-CIO] 2012-02-03

The War on Organized Labor [NYTimes] 2012-02-03

Other labor news from USA

Click on the state name to see labor news from that state.

Indiana Protest Planned at Indy Hotel [Inside Indiana Business] 2012-02-04

Statement By AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On January 2012 Jobs Report [ENews Park Forest] 2012-02-04

Jobless Rate Falls to 8.3%, Altering Face of Campaign [NYTimes] 2012-02-04

Caterpillar shifts south at start of ‘race to the bottom,’ critics warn [iPolitics] 2012-02-04

'Jobs,' 'budget' excuses can't cloak real reason for GOP war on workers [MSNBC] 2012-02-04

Obama’s Magic Number May Be 150,000 Jobs Per Month [NYTimes / Nate Silver] 2012-02-04

Oregon Portland Letter Carrier Rally, January 8, 2012, Save America's Postal Service [NACLBranch82] 2012-02-04

AFL-CIO-UGTT make odd couple [Africa Intelligence] 2012-02-04

Feds push back aginst American Airlines' effort to abandon pension plans [Tulsa World] 2012-02-04

White House delays another workplace rule that could save lives [In These Times] 2012-02-03

New OSHA rule to protect workers from silicosis stuck in 'regulatory black hole' [NPR] 2012-02-03

Indiana A regulation on business that business loves: 'Right to Work' [America] 2012-02-03

Florida Union groups call senator’s chairmanship loss ‘sad,’ ‘deplorable,’ ‘a shame’ [Florida Independent] 2012-02-03

West Virginia AFL-CIO urges members, friends to join 'Working America' [Charleston Gazette] 2012-02-03

District of Columbia White House Offers Plan to Lure Jobs to America [NYTimes] 2012-02-03

New contract for 7000 in-flight catering workers [ITF] For more info 2012-02-03

In Manufacturing, a Plan to Lure Jobs Back to America [NYTimes] 2012-02-03

Jobless Claims Decline [NYTimes] 2012-02-03

Indiana Indiana AFL-CIO pres reacts to passage of right-to-work-for-less bill [UAW] 2012-02-02

Indiana Indiana Working Families Ready to Take Back the State [AFL-CIO] 2012-02-02

Small Biz Owners Say Job Exports, Not Regs Problem [AFL-CIO] 2012-02-02

Failure to debate labour law changes sets a “dangerous precedent”, say unions [ITF] For more info 2012-02-02

Alabama VIDEO: Faces of Change: Lilly Ledbetter's Equal Pay Story [Barack Obama] 2012-02-02

Keystone XL opponents need a jobs program [Grist] 2012-02-02

Kansas Union balks at Bombardier outsourcing plan [Wichita Eagle] 2012-02-02

Michigan Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, unions reach tentative deals [Detroit Free Press] 2012-02-02

California Riverside County strikes new labor deal with county’s biggest union [KPCC] 2012-02-02

Indiana Indiana gov. signs right-to-work bill, state becomes Rust Belt's 1st to enact anti-union law [Newser] 2012-02-02

American Airlines to fire 13,000 employees, 15% of its workforce, and end 'traditional' pension plans [Detoit Free Press] 2012-02-02

Indiana Act Now! Stop Hyatt’s Super Bowl Shuffle [UNITE HERE] 2012-02-02

District of Columbia DC Janitors union leader speaks on life as labor, immigration activist [Washington Post] 2012-02-02

Massachusetts UMass Memorial cutbacks draw fire [Boston Herald] 2012-02-02

California Stop The Greed: NUHW, CNA,IUOE 39 Strike Kaiser In SF To Protect Benefits & Patient Care [Labor Video Project] For more info 2012-02-02

New York Realities of the runway: Models organize against abuse [Metro New York] 2012-02-02

Washington Breaking: America’s Truck Drivers Shut Down Port of Seattle to Expose Dangers of the Job [Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports] 2012-02-02

American Airlines kutter inntil 15.000 ansatte [E24] 2012-02-01

American Airlines Seeks 13,000 Job Cuts [NYTimes] 2012-02-01

California After Workers Are Fired, an Immigration Debate Roils Campus [NYTimes] 2012-02-01

California L.A. Coliseum officials made $1 million in cash payments to union [Los Angeles Times] 2012-02-01

USW commemorates black history month [USW] 2012-02-01

California LAFD to pay fireman nearly $500K to settle federal discrimination charges [Daily News] 2012-02-01

Three Years After Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Passed, Women Still Earn Far Less Than Men [Think Progress] 2012-02-01

Fact Check – Obama and ‘Equal Pay’ for Women [ABC ] 2012-02-01

P&G to Lay Off 1,600 after Discovering it's Free to Advertise on Facebook. [Business Insider] 2012-01-31

USW calls for action to defend domestic auto industry from illegal trade [USW] 2012-01-31

Oklahoma Union unveils website to save jobs in Tulsa [Houston Chronicle] 2012-01-31

Trade Protest Is Planned on Eve of a Chinese Leader’s Visit [NYTimes] 2012-01-31

Union membership rates are no longer falling [Life Inc.] 2012-01-31

Unions Say Workers’ Rights Curtailed Under FAA Funding Deal [Business Week] 2012-01-31

Rhode Island RI unions added 4,000 members in 2011 [WPRI] 2012-01-31

District of Columbia Unions set to blast Dems for selling out on FAA reauthorization [Washington Post] 2012-01-31

Refinery strike rift grows ahead of deadline [Reuters] 2012-01-31

Refiners, unions prepare for strike as contract deadline looms [Houston Chronicle] 2012-01-31

California Aussie transport giant Toll says US union campaign 'misleading' [AAP] 2012-01-31

GOP governors soften tone after confrontations of 2011 [NYTimes] 2012-01-31

New York Rats on the subway: TWU Local 100 has a plan to solve the problem [TWU Local 100] 2012-01-31

Union Membership Rate Fell Again in 2011 [NYTimes] 2012-01-30

USW lauds U.S. victory in challenge to China’s raw materials export restraints [USW] 2012-01-30

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Create an international fair labor agency to level the playing field and end abuse at companies like Foxconn [We The People] 2012-01-30

Massachusetts Nurses pack hearing, renew call for staffing bill [SHNS] 2012-01-30

Minnesota Thompson Looks to Take on Unions; Wisconsin-Like Labor Battle Coming? [Northfield Patch] 2012-01-30

USW tells U.S. refinery workers to prepare for strike [Reuters] 2012-01-30

Union says refinery workers strike more likely [Reuters] 2012-01-30

Hollywood actors' guilds move closer to merger [Reuters] 2012-01-30

Apple boycott brews over worker abuses [NZ Herald] 2012-01-30

District of Columbia Report questions Republican NLRB member's ties to union-busting law firm [The Hill] 2012-01-29

Hostess asks bankruptcy judge to gut union contracts [Associated Press] 2012-01-29

California Soyons solidaires de Daniel Lopez : disons à Walmart de cesser d’abuser les travailleurs d’entrepôt [TUAC] 2012-01-29

California Stand with Daniel Lopez: Tell Walmart to Stop Abusing Warehouse Workers [UFCW] 2012-01-29

Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China [Guardian] 2012-01-29

So, what about the state of the unions, Mr. President? [ZMag] 2012-01-29

Government Cuts Kept U.S. Union Rate at Record Low in 2011 [Bloomberg] 2012-01-28

Union membership grew nationally in 2011 [LATimes] 2012-01-28

Washington Port of Longview signs off on ILWU and EGT settlement [TDN] 2012-01-28

Union membership slipped further as attacks came in 2011 [Reuters] 2012-01-28

Union membership rate fell again in 2011 [NY Times] 2012-01-28

California The War Against The OEA & Oakland Public Education: Report By Retired OEA Unionist Gerson [UPWA] For more info 2012-01-28

Massachusetts Mass AFL-CIO President lauds Massachusetts positive growth in union membership in 2011 [Mass. AFL-CIO] 2012-01-28

South Carolina Note to Nikki: Unions do have a role in S.C. [Post & Courier ] 2012-01-27

South Carolina Garbage truck drivers in Fort Mill vote to unionize [The Herald] 2012-01-27

The vote is in: Vale world's worst corporation [Usw] 2012-01-27

It's time to protect workers from deadly silica dust [AFL-CIO] 2012-01-27

District of Columbia PALEA testifies at Washington DC on labor rights in the Philippines [All Voices] For more info Image 2012-01-27

Workers put at risk in nearly year-long delay of silica protections [Union of Concerned Scientists] 2012-01-27

Silica rule stalled at White House/OMB while workers continue to die [Huffington Post] 2012-01-27

Oklahoma Both Sides in Labor Fight Point to Oklahoma [WSJ] 2012-01-27

Concerned About More American Jobs Moving Overseas? [LA AFL-CIO] 2012-01-27

China’s ‘Competitive Advantage’: Serfdom [AFL-CIO] 2012-01-27

Michigan New Michigan AFL-CIO leader: State's workers support collective bargaining [Midland Daily News] 2012-01-27

Apple in China: Has iOrwell Arrived? [NYTimes] 2012-01-27

Krugman: Jobs, Jobs and Cars [NYTimes] 2012-01-27

Indiana Right to work law passed in Indiana over union dues [Global Post] 2012-01-27

Indiana Unions seek 3.5 percent raise for IU's employees [Chicago Tribune] 2012-01-27

California Labor Union Statement Urges Prosecution 'To Fullest Extent' In UCLA Case [Science] 2012-01-27

Indiana Dems overwhelmed in union fight [Associated Press] 2012-01-27

California Port truck drivers in California tell Australia's Toll Group:This is what democracy looks like [Teamsters] 2012-01-27

Poll Finds Consumer Confusion on Where Apple Devices Are Made [NYTimes] 2012-01-26

Florida Local group to hold rally against proposed bills [PNJ.com] 2012-01-26

Illinois Standoff Between City Colleges And Their 'Frontline' Employees (VIDEO) [Progress Illinois] 2012-01-26

New York Union assails NYC Fire Dept curb on posted opinions [NYTimes] 2012-01-26